Appointed GOP Senator from Mississippi is Former Democrat, Voted for Hillary Clinton

A former Democrat who switched parties in 2011 and voted for Hillary R. Clinton in 2016 is running to keep the U.S. Senate seat to which she was appointed in April.

“No one should be surprised that Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for Hillary Clinton,” said Tanner Smith, spokesman for conservative populist candidate Chris McDaniel, who is Hyde-Smith’s primary opponent. “She voted exclusively in Democratic primaries before opportunistically switching parties to run for statewide office in 2011. Why wouldn’t she have voted for Hillary? Thankfully, Mississippians have an opportunity to right this wrong in November by electing Chris McDaniel, the only lifelong Republican and true conservative in the race.”